Graphics Cards

Gigabyte GV-R785WF2-1GD 1GB Radeon HD 7850 Video Card

Gigabyte will add the GV-R785WF2-1GD Radeon HD 7850 video card with a 1GB of GDDR5 VRAM set to 4800 MHz to their line-up. The graphics card features a GPU clock of 860 MHz, a 256-bit memory interface, a blue PCB and a WindForce2X (two fans, two copper heatpipes) cooler.

HIS working on a dual GPU HIS Radeon 7970 X2

HIS will soon release a dual-GPU based Radeon 7970 or 7990 if you want to. Over at Tom’s lab in Germany recently received just such a card a short while ago, and it bears all the markings (literally) of an engineering sample, down to the production number 007. After some back and forth with HIS, during which we provided some feedback and suggested some improvements, our German colleagues just received a revised sample – which they're already hard at work testing. As such, we’re proud to be able to say we are the first site, worldwide, to be able to check out one of these cards in the flesh and talk about its speeds and other specs.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 650 Destroyer TSI

ZOTAC releases the GeForce GTX 650 Destroyer TSI. The budget card TSI model promises to be twin, silent, intelligent. The custom PCB based card has a relatively strong 3+1 phase design and comes nicely clocked at 1071 MHz with its memory at 5.00 GHz. Armed with 2 GB of memory it could be a nice and decent entry-level graphics card.

Check out the A new Brigade 2 Engine Tech Demo Video. This demo is the Game Release Party version of the student game "It's About Time" and is playable on NVidia hardware only. This tech demo is said to use all your GPUs if you have more than one installed, meaning that it does support SLI. The game uses the Brigade path tracer for rendering. Path tracing is a process that constructs a large number of paths between the camera and light sources (typically via scene surfaces) to estimate the color of each pixel. Video and screenshots after the break.

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti

If you’re passionate about first-person shooters like Call of Duty, massively multiplayer online games such as World of WarCraft, or real-time strategy games like StarCraft II, then GeForce GTX is for you. Turbocharge your experience with the powerful performance of the EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti and enjoy the latest games in full 1080P HD with this next-generation NVIDIA Kepler architecture-based GPU.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 650 TI EX OC

KFA2 announced today the launch of the new KFA2 GeForce GTX 650 TI EX OC graphics cards, in addition to the previously launched GTX 650, the GTX 650 TI EX OC features double the amount CUDA cores creating a massive advantage in boost performance whilst still be offered at an very respectable midrange price! Whilst bundled with Assassin's Creed III, only available at participating online and in-store retailers.

Club3D Radeon HD 7990 graphics card Rears its head

Club3D has had a photo on their facebook page showing the Club3D Radeon HD 7990. This card features two Radeon HD 7970 "Tahiti" GPUs with a PLX PCI Express 3.0 bridge chip. Details about the clockspeeds are unknown, but the site speculates it will be 900MHz cores, 925MHz boost and 6GB GDDR5 memory clocked at 5500MHz, similar to the PowerColor Radeon HD 7990.

NVIDIA on GeForce GTX 680 voltage control restrictions

Last week You all learned that NVIDIA forced EVGA to remove the EVBot connector for its GeForce GTX 680 Classified. A statement from NVIDIA has been released that clarified why they asked their hardware partners to remove all forms of user voltage control. The company claims they've prohibited increasing the voltage beyond the specified limits because doing so will result in an early death of the GPU.

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Gets Reviewed; Slower than HD 7850

Next week NVIDIA is going to launch their new mid-range graphis card called the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, however but a Korean website called PlayWares reviewed it. In terms of specifications the product seems to be in line with previous rumors as the clocks are 928 MHz on core with 5400 MHz on memory. It has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory spread across a 128-bit memory interface. PlayWares tested it with Intel Core i5-3570K, ASUS P8Z77 WS and 8GB of Samsung memory and Forceware 306.38 drivers. More after the break.

ASUS Launches 4 GB GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II

We've seen more announcements on 4GB boards in the past week, ASUS now follows as well with their GeForce GTX670-DC2-4GD5. The cards is based upon their DirectCU II 2-slot design and now thus comes with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory. The memory bus obviously remains 256-bit with the memory itself clocked at a 6 GHz effective datarate (192 GB/s).

Inno3D GeForce GTX 650 Ti Photo's Show Up

Over at the Asian website Chiphell some photo's and specs appeared of the upcoming GeForce GTX 650 Ti from Inno3D.Apparently a member of their community got early access to a card and immediately taking photo's of it. You'll notice that Inno3D's card has a custom cooler that features a detachable shroud allowing you to easily clean the heatsink and fan. Photo's after the break.

NVIDIA asks EVGA to Pull EVBot Support from GTX 680 Classified

It was to be expected. According to an Overclockers website, NVIDIA asked EVGA to remove voltage control support from its EVBot module, specifically for the GeForce GTX 680 Classified graphics card. EVBot gives realtime monitoring, gives users the ability to fine-tune voltages, a feature NVIDIA doesn't want users access to.

ELSA Rolls Out GeForce GTX 680 Hybrid Graphics Card

ELSA is launching its newest high-end graphics card, the GeForce GTX 680 Hybrid. The card will be released as a 2 GB and 4 GB model and will be based upon a slightly modified NVIDIA reference design PCB, and Arctic Accelero Hybrid air+liquid cooling solution. The cooler uses a combination of closed-loop liquid block and fan-heatsinks to cool the GPU, memory, and VRM areas of the PCB.

ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti Specs Leak

NVIDIA will be launching the GeForce GTX 650 Ti somewhere next week but VideoCardz offers a photo and the specifications of the ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti. This model has the ASUS "Dual Fan" cooling solution, it offers a 928MHz core, no boost clock, and 1GB GDDR5 clocked at 5400MHz. The card offers two DVI outputs, one VGA output and one HDMI output. Pricing is said to be around $149, and the launch date likely is October 9th.

AMD 2013, 2014 and 2015 GPU codenames

AMD's Radeon HD 6000 series was codenamed Northern Islands, it's succeeded by the Radeon HD 7000 "Southern Islands" and in 2013 we can expect the first Radeon HD 8000 parts, which are named after "Sea Islands". The Radeon HD 8870 and Radeon HD 8850 for instance are reportedly based on the 28nm Oland GPUs, a reference to Sweden's second largest island.

MSI GeForce GTX 660 HAWK Graphics Card Photo's and details

MSI apparently is planning a HAWK edition of the GeForce GTX 660 under SKU name N660GTX HAWK. A short while ago some photo's already leaked on this product but now specs have surfaced as well. Expreview claims that the card will be roughly 15% higher on its core clock speeds compared to the reference products. The PCB will be equipped with an enthusiast grade voltage regulation circuitry and obviously you are going to spot a TwinFrozr IV cooling solution.

AMD "Oland" Radeon HD 8800 Series Info

Some details, albeit completely unconfirmed, on AMDs upcoming Radeon HD 8800 series have surfaced on the web. The Sea islands HD 8800 series apparently is based on a new silicon codenamed "Oland," which is made using a 28 nm process while packing 3.4 billion transistors all on a 270 mm² die-area.

EK Waterblocks preps full-cover waterblock for Gigabyte 680 GTX SOC

EK Water Blocks announces that it's developing a full-cover waterblock Gigabytes GeForce GTX 680 SuperOverclock (GV-N680SO-2GD) graphics cards. The block will start shipping by mid-October, pricing is still unknown. The company's EK-FC680 GTX+ for the regular GeForce GTX 680 starts at 94.94EUR, so pricing of this new model will likely be a little bit higher than that.

AMD Remodels Radeon Pricing Again

From the looks of it AMD is about to reposition the pricing for their Radeon 7800 and 7900 series graphics cards. Check out what the new prices will be. Most of the prices already show in at the etailers.

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 SOC review

We review the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 SOC. The factory overclocked product has a whopping three slot design and comes packed with five fans blowing air through a huge aluminum fin area that is covered with a metal cover to optimize the overall airflow. An Anti-turbulence cooler features nine 6mm copper heatpipes leading to a massive vapor chamber cooler. Tied to the cooler are industrial quality fans, five of them creating airflow that I know and have seen in servers.